tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995632726098447833.post2733111117978582546..comments2023-09-16T09:32:10.721+01:00Comments on A CLIL TO CLIMB: All I want is OR are...?Chiewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10186336034760631486noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995632726098447833.post-65947731876952221352011-10-08T16:39:39.261+01:002011-10-08T16:39:39.261+01:00In the US, you can only smelt iron. Tyres don'...In the US, you can only smelt iron. Tyres don't exist in our universe except possibly as someone's last name or in British detective novels exported here. All this thinking tires me out! ;-)Idiomannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995632726098447833.post-65715820381428962072011-10-08T17:06:52.348+01:002011-10-08T17:06:52.348+01:00You can only SMELL... UK spell 'tyre' US s...You can only SMELL... UK spell 'tyre' US spell 'tire', and if they don't exist in your 'universe' it must be very much more advanced than ours. What do your vehicles use? Perhaps they move on a cushion of air - I think that'd be a leap of progress for us! ;-)Chiew Panghttp://iasku.wordpress.com/me/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2995632726098447833.post-76834587633174969472011-10-09T18:51:48.851+01:002011-10-09T18:51:48.851+01:00I was referring to smelting as in the smelting of ...I was referring to smelting as in the smelting of iron ore. Alas it doesn't work as the past tense of "smell" in the US, maybe because our sense of smell has been altered by all the smelting plants in places like Bethlehem, Pittsburgh and Youngstown. BTW we eat smelts too, bitter little fish - my wife cooks them and likes them. I don't care for them.<br>As to our vehicles, well, those of thought anyway, they are mostly propelled by cushions on sofas, or maybe you'd call them divans?Idiomannoreply@blogger.com